shortfall
noun
short·fall
ˈshȯrt-ˌfȯl 
: a failure to come up to expectation or need
a budget shortfall
also
: the amount of such failure
a $2 million shortfall
Examples of shortfall in a Sentence
a shortfall in milk production
Recent Examples on the Web
One driver has been a rise in international students who are charged much higher tuition fees and thereby make up for the shortfall in universities’ public funding.
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Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2024
Rubi projected an affordable housing shortfall of $1.061 million to be subsidized by the city’s general fund for 2024.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2024
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Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2024
Rubi projected an affordable housing shortfall of $1.061 million to be subsidized by the city’s general fund for 2024.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for shortfall
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“Shortfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortfall. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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